An undated handout picture provided by Vyacheslav Yurovskikh Family Archive, shows mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, Vyacheslav “Ali Baba” Yurovskikh (right), competing during one of the MMA tournaments somewhere in undisclosed location in Russia. Often called “fight without rules” in Russian, MMA was virtually unknown in Russia a decade ago, but increasingly caught on since, after Russia’s Fedor Emelyanenko, a heavyweight fighter, won a series of international tournaments in 2001-02. AFP PHOTO
An undated handout picture provided by Vyacheslav Yurovskikh Family Archive, shows mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, Vyacheslav “Ali Baba” Yurovskikh (right), competing during one of the MMA tournaments somewhere in undisclosed location in Russia. Often called “fight without rules” in Russian, MMA was virtually unknown in Russia a decade ago, but increasingly caught on since, after Russia’s Fedor Emelyanenko, a heavyweight fighter, won a series of international tournaments in 2001-02. AFP PHOTO

Two men inside a cage grapple on the floor, one violently pounding his opponent in a no-holds-barred sport banned in many countries while Russian crowds are going wild for more.

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